Australia's Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler on Monday announced that the government will spend an additional A$1.4 billion ($941 million) over the next three months on preventing the spread of Covid-19 in aged and disability care and .
Key points - The Government’s extended COVID-19 Aged Care Support Program closes on 31 January 2023. Aged Care providers may be eligible to recover up to.
The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Morrison Government is continuing to support residential aged care providers in Greater Sydney and across New South Wales with emergency preparedness and response activities and introducing more stringent reporting requirements to protect senior Australians.
Provisions to bolster residential aged care facilities amid the current COVID-19 outbreak include access to a second round of COVID-19 Aged Care Support Program grants and reimbursement for eligible expenses.
The program supports costs for additional or replacement staff, personal protective equipment, onsite testing, cleaning and infection control, waste management, and travel and accommodation.
The Australian Government is investing $60 million to extend support for COVID‑19 response measures for Australia’s impacted aged care facilities until 30 June 2022.The extension means a second tranche of COVID-19 Aged Care Support Program grants wil